Dr Ruedi Nager

  • Senior Lecturer (Physiology Ageing & Welfare)

telephone: 01413305976
email: Ruedi.Nager@glasgow.ac.uk

R425 Level 4, Life Sciences Animal Biology, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724

Research interests

My research interests focus on how organisms cope with the environment in which they live. The current work centres on marine (seabirds) and oak forest habitats (blue tits) as well as the environment animals encounter in captivity.

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Publications

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Number of items: 80.

2025

Kriengwatana, Buddhamas P., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, South, Alex, Ullrich, Martin and Doolittle, Emily L. (2025) Playing music to animals: an interdisciplinary approach to improving our understanding of animals' responses to music. Animal Behaviour, 221, 123074. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123074)

2024

French, F. et al. (2024) Empowering Animals Through Technology: Enhancing Animal Agency in the Sound Environment. In: International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI 2024), Glasgow, UK, 2-5 December 2024, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9798400711756 (doi: 10.1145/3702336.3702354)

Spurgin, L. G. et al. (2024) The great tit HapMap project: a continental‐scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(5), e13969. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13969) (PMID:38747336)

Jeglinski, Jana W.E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-6756, Lane, Jude V., Votier, Steven C., Furness, Robert W., Hamer, Keith C., McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Sheddan, Maggie, Wanless, Sarah and Matthiopoulos, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 (2024) HPAIV outbreak triggers short-term colony connectivity in a seabird metapopulation. Scientific Reports, 14, 3126. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-53550-x) (PMID:38326368) (PMCID:PMC10850054)

Huntingford, F. A., Nager, R. G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McKeegan, D. E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, D. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Hansell, M. H. (2024) A century of research and teaching in animal behaviour and welfare in the Graham Kerr Building. Glasgow Naturalist, 28(Suppl), pp. 147-149. (doi: 10.37208/tgn28S14)

2023

Edney, A. J. et al. (2023) Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research. Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation, 51(2), pp. 265-280.

Wongsaengchan, Chanakarn, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2023) Body surface temperature of rats reveals both magnitude and sex differences in the acute stress response. Physiology and Behavior, 264, 114138. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114138) (PMID:36871696)

Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. Other. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295312).

Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295313).

Wongsaengchan, Chanakarn, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Lennox, Katie, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 (2023) Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats. Animal Welfare, 32(e66), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.1017/awf.2023.87)

2022

Olin, Agnes B., Banas, Neil S., Johns, David G., Heath, Michael R., Wright, Peter J. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Spatio-temporal variation in the zooplankton prey of lesser sandeels: species and community trait patterns from the Continuous Plankton Recorder. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79(5), pp. 1649-1661. (doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac101)

Pais de Faria, Joana, Lopes, Catarina S., Kroc, Edward, Blight, Louise K. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Urban gulls living with humans. In: Ramos, Jaime A. and Pereira, Leonel (eds.) Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities. Series: Aquatic sciences, 1. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida, United States, pp. 90-105. ISBN 9780367498276

O'Hanlon, Nina J., Thaxter, Chris B., Burton, Niall H.K., Grant, Dave, Clark, Nigel A., Clewley, Gary D., Conway, Greg J., Barber, Lee J., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Habitat selection and specialisation of herring gulls during the non-breeding season. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 816881. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.816881)

2020

Moller, A. P. et al. (2020) Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction. Oikos, 129(12), pp. 1807-1819. (doi: 10.1111/oik.07305)

O'Hanlon, Nina J., Alonso, Sarah, Miller, Julie A.O., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Landscape‐mediated variation in diet is associated with egg size and maculation in a generalist forager. Ibis, 162(3), pp. 687-700. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12739)

Thompson, Danielle L., Ovenden, Thomas S., Pennycott, Tom and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) The prevalence and source of plastic incorporated into nests of five seabird species on a small offshore island. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111076. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111076) (PMID:32319907)

Olin, Agnes, Banas, Neil S., Wright, Peter J., Heath, Mike R. and Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Spatial synchrony of breeding success in the blacklegged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla reflects the spatial dynamics of its sandeel prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.3354/meps13252)

Olin, Agnes B., Banas, Neil S., Wright, Peter J., Heath, Michael R. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Spatial synchrony of breeding success in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla reflects the spatial dynamics of its sandeel prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.3354/meps13252)

Pennycott, Tom W., Grant, David, Leopold, Mardik F. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Ragworms and other marine food items in the diet of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus breeding on Lady Isle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Bird Study, 67(3), pp. 402-408. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1869697)

Pennycott, Tom W., Grant, David and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Earthworms in the diet of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus breeding on an off-shore island. Bird Study, 67(1), pp. 131-134. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1743232)

2019

Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Jenni-Eiermann, Susanne, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2019) Eye region surface temperature dynamics during acute stress relate to baseline glucocorticoids independently of environmental conditions. Physiology and Behavior, 210, 112627. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112627) (PMID:31348931) (PMCID:PMC6739691)

2018

Møller, A. P. et al. (2018) Effects of interspecific co-existence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(6), pp. 1738-1748. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12896) (PMID:30101503)

O'Hanlon, Nina and Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Identifying habitat-driven spatial variation in colony size of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus. Bird Study, 65(3), pp. 306-316. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2018.1518970)

Herborn, Katherine A., Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 (2018) Surface temperature elevated by chronic and intermittent stress. Physiology and Behavior, 191, pp. 47-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.04.004) (PMID:29630961) (PMCID:PMC5945995)

Burgess, M. D. et al. (2018) Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(6), pp. 970-975. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0543-1) (PMID:29686235)

Vieira, Bianca P., Furness, Robert W. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Visual observation to identify sexes in subspecies of adult Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger). Waterbirds, 41(2), pp. 166-170. (doi: 10.1675/063.041.0207)

Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Jenni-Eiermann, Susanne, Herborn, Katherine, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Eye region surface temperature reflects both energy reserves and circulating glucocorticoids in a wild bird. Scientific Reports, 8, 1907. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20240-4) (PMID:29382942) (PMCID:PMC5789886)

2017

O'Hanlon, Nina J., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574, pp. 193-210. (doi: 10.3354/meps12189)

Vieira, Bianca P., Furness, Robert W. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Using field photography to study avian moult. IBIS, 159(2), pp. 443-448. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12445)

Griffith, S. C. et al. (2017) Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities. Ethology, 123(1), pp. 1-29. (doi: 10.1111/eth.12576)

O'Hanlon, Nina and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Herring gulls. In: Choe, Jae Chun (ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior [2nd ed.]. Elsevier, pp. 90-99. ISBN 9780128132524 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01202-4)

Sinclair, N.C., Harris, M.P., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Leakey, C.D.B. and Robbins, A.M. (2017) Nocturnal colony attendance by common guillemots Uria aalge at colony in Shetland during the pre-breeding season. Seabird, 30, pp. 51-62.

2016

Hammer, Sjurdur ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-5074, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Alonso, Sarah, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Furness, Robert W. and Dam, Maria (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), pp. 184-190. (doi: 10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x) (PMID:27329112) (PMCID:PMC4942484)

Smith, Shona M., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Costantini, David (2016) Meta-analysis indicates that oxidative stress is both a constraint on and a cost of growth. Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), pp. 2833-2842. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.2080) (PMID:27217942) (PMCID:PMC4863009)

Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and O'Hanlon, Nina J. (2016) Changing numbers of three gull species in the British Isles. Waterbirds, 39(S1), pp. 15-28. (doi: 10.1675/063.039.sp108)

Arnold, Kathryn E., Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450, Gorman, Helen E., Griffiths, Kate J., Adam, Aileen and Nager, Rudolf ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2016) Paternal attractiveness and the effects of differential allocation of parental investment. Animal Behaviour, 113, pp. 69-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.013)

Hammer, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-5074, Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Johnson, P.C.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520, Furness, R.W. and Provencher, J.F. (2016) Plastic debris in great skua (Stercorarius skua) pellets corresponds to seabird prey species. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), pp. 206-210. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.018) (PMID:26763326)

Laine, V. N. et al. (2016) Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome. Nature Communications, 7, 10474. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms10474) (PMID:26805030) (PMCID:PMC4737754)

2015

Herborn, Katherine A., Graves, James L., Jerem, Paul, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 (2015) Skin temperature reveals the intensity of acute stress. Physiology and Behavior, 152(Pt. A), pp. 225-230. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.032) (PMID:26434785) (PMCID:PMC4664114)

Jerem, Paul, Herborn, Katherine, McCafferty, Dominic ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and Nager, Rudolf ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2015) Thermal imaging to study stress non-invasively in unrestrained birds. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 105, e53184. (doi: 10.3791/53184) (PMID:26575985) (PMCID:PMC4692699)

Nord, Andreas, Lehmann, Marina, MacLeod, Ross, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Nilsson, Jan-Åke and Helm, Barbara (2015) Evaluation of two methods for minimally invasive peripheral body temperature measurement in birds. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(3), pp. 417-427. (doi: 10.1111/jav.00845)

2014

Pooley, Emma L., Kennedy, Malcolm G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-5264 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2014) Maternal inbreeding reduces parental care in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. Animal Behaviour, 97, pp. 153-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.012)

Møller, A. P. et al. (2014) Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecology and Evolution, 4(18), pp. 3583-3595. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.1189)

Smith, Victoria R., Vink, Cor J., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Ross, James and Paterson, Adrian M. (2014) Abundance of Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871 is affected by vegetation type and season. Journal of Insect Conservation, 18(3), pp. 397-405. (doi: 10.1007/s10841-014-9648-2)

Hill, Davina L., Lindstrom, Jan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2014) Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(8), pp. 1326-1332. (doi: 10.1242/jeb.095323) (PMID:24363422)

Møller, A.P. et al. (2014) Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(4), pp. 353-362. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12160)

2012

Rehling, A., Spiller, I., Krause, E.T., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Trillmich, F. (2012) Flexibility in the duration of parental care: zebra finch parents respond to offspring needs. Animal Behaviour, 83(1), pp. 35-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.003)

Vallarino, A., Evans, N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Daunt, F., Wanless, S. and Nager, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2012) Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Journal of Ornithology, 153(2), pp. 513-523. (doi: 10.1007/s10336-011-0772-4)

2011

D’Alba, L., Spencer, K.A., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2011) State dependent effects of elevated hormone: Nest site quality, corticosterone levels and reproductive performance in the common eider. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 172(2), pp. 218-224. (doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.006)

Hill, D.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-6192, Lindstrom, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680 and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2011) Carry-over effects of male extra-pair copulation opportunity on biparental effort in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(11), pp. 2049-2059. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-011-1214-2)

2010

Verboven, Nanette, Monaghan, Pat, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222 (2010) The effect of maternal state on the steroid and macronutrient content of lesser black-backed gull eggs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83(6), pp. 1009-1022. (doi: 10.1086/656568) (PMID:20977361)

Kim, M., Furness, R.W. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2010) Hatching asynchrony is constrained by parental nest attendance during laying. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(7), pp. 1087-1097. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-0923-2)

Webb, L., Beaumont, D.J., Nager, R.G. and McCracken, D.I. (2010) Field-scale dispersal of Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in response to avermectin treatments on pastured cattle. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100(2), pp. 175-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485309006981)

D'Alba, L., Monaghan, P. and Nager, R.G. (2010) Advances in laying date and increasing population size suggest positive responses to climate change in Common Eiders Somateria mollissima in Iceland. IBIS, 152(1), pp. 19-28. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00978.x)

Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Hafner, H., Johnson, A.R. and Cézilly, F. (2010) Environmental Impacts on Wetland Birds: Long-Term Monitoring Programmes in the Camargue, France. Ardea, 98(3), pp. 309-318. (doi: 10.5253/078.098.0305)

Webb, L., Beaumont, D.J., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McCracken, D.I. (2010) Field-scale dispersal of Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in response to avermectin treatments on pastured cattle. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100(02), pp. 175-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485309006981)

2009

D'Alba, L., Monaghan, P. and Nager, R.G. (2009) Thermal benefits of nest shelter for incubating female eiders. Journal of Thermal Biology, 34(2), pp. 93-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.11.005)

Houston, D.C. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2009) Archaeology among the bird droppings: what does it tell us about raptor nest-site selection? IBIS, 151(3), pp. 592-593. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00940.x)

2008

Bogdanova, M.I. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2008) Sex-specific costs of hatching last: an experimental study on herring gulls (Larus argentatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(10), pp. 1533-1541. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-008-0582-8)

Ewing, S.R., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Nicoll, M.A.C., Aumjaud, A., Jones, C.G. and Keller, L.F. (2008) Inbreeding and loss of genetic variation in a reintroduced population of mauritius kestrel. Conservation Biology, 22(2), pp. 395-404. (doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00884.x) (PMID:18294297)

2007

Bogdanova, MI, Nager, RG and Monaghan, P (2007) Age of the incubating parents affects nestling survival: an experimental study of the herring gull Larus argentatus. Journal of Avian Biology, 38, pp. 83-93. (doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03601.x)

Webb, L, Beaumont, DJ, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McCracken, DI (2007) Effects of avermectin residues in cattle dung on yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera : Scathophagidae) populations in grazed pastures. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 97, pp. 129-138. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485307004683)

2006

Bogdanova, MI, Nager, RG and Monaghan, P (2006) Does parental age affect offspring performance through differences in egg quality? Functional Ecology, 20, pp. 132-141. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01088.x)

Fisher, M.O., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2006) Compensatory growth impairs adult cognitive performance. PLoS Biology, 4(8), e251. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040251)

Muck, C and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2006) The effect of laying and hatching order on the timing and asynchrony of hatching. Animal Behaviour, 71, pp. 885-892. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.07.020)

Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2006) The challenges of making eggs. Ardea, 94, pp. 323-346.

2005

Verboven, Nanette, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, D'Alba, Liliana, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Blount, Jonathan D., Surai, Peter F. and Monaghan, Pat ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2005) Intra-specific interactions influence egg composition in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57(4), pp. 357-365. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0862-x)

Gorman, HE, Arnold, KE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2005) Incubation effort in relation to male attractiveness in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Journal of Avian Biology, 36, pp. 413-420.

Gorman, HE, Orr, KJ, Adam, A and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2005) Effects of incubation conditions and offspring sex on embryonic development and survival in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Auk, 122, pp. 1239-1248.

Rutstein, AN, Gorman, HE, Arnold, KE, Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450, Orr, KJ, Adam, A, Nager, R and Graves, JA (2005) Sex allocation in response to paternal attractiveness in the zebra finch. Behavioral Ecology, 16, pp. 763-769. (doi: 10.1093/beheco/ari052)

2004

Gorman, HE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2004) Prenatal developmental conditions have long-term effects on offspring fecundity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 1923-1928. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2799)

Naef-Daenzer, L, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Keller, LF and Naef-Daenzer, B (2004) Are hatching delays a cost or a benefit for Great Tit Parus major parents? Ardea, 92, pp. 229-237.

2003

Genovart, M, Oro, D, Ruiz, X, Griffiths, R, Monaghan, P and Nager, RG (2003) Seasonal changes in brood sex composition in Audouin's Gulls. Condor, 105, pp. 783-790.

Gorman, HE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2003) State-dependent incubation behaviour in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour, 65, pp. 745-754.

Verboven, N, Monaghan, P, Evans, DM, Schwabl, H, Evans, N, Whitelaw, C and Nager, RG (2003) Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 2223-2232. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2496) (PMID:14613608) (PMCID:PMC1691499)

2002

Blount, JD, Surai, PF, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Houston, DC, Moller, AP, Trewby, ML and Kennedy, MW ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-5264 (2002) Carotenoids and egg quality in the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus: a supplemental feeding study of maternal effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 269, pp. 29-36. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1840)

2001

Jones, KM, Monaghan, P and Nager, RG (2001) Male mate choice and female fecundity in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour, 62, pp. 1021-1026. (doi: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1843)

Kalmbach, E, Nager, RG, Griffiths, R and Furness, RW (2001) Increased reproductive effort results in male-biased offspring sex ratio: an experimental study in a species with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 268, pp. 2175-2179.

Nager, RG, Monaghan, P and Houston, DC (2001) The cost of egg production: increased egg production reduces future fitness in gulls. Journal of Avian Biology, 32, pp. 159-166. (doi: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2001.320209.x)

1997

Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Nager, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (1997) Optimizing clutch size in birds: reply from P. Monaghan and R. Nager. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12(11), pp. 443-444. (doi: 10.1016/s0169-5347(97)85748-5) (PMID:21238148)

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Articles

Kriengwatana, Buddhamas P., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, South, Alex, Ullrich, Martin and Doolittle, Emily L. (2025) Playing music to animals: an interdisciplinary approach to improving our understanding of animals' responses to music. Animal Behaviour, 221, 123074. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123074)

Spurgin, L. G. et al. (2024) The great tit HapMap project: a continental‐scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. Molecular Ecology Resources, 24(5), e13969. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13969) (PMID:38747336)

Jeglinski, Jana W.E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-6756, Lane, Jude V., Votier, Steven C., Furness, Robert W., Hamer, Keith C., McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Sheddan, Maggie, Wanless, Sarah and Matthiopoulos, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8172 (2024) HPAIV outbreak triggers short-term colony connectivity in a seabird metapopulation. Scientific Reports, 14, 3126. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-53550-x) (PMID:38326368) (PMCID:PMC10850054)

Huntingford, F. A., Nager, R. G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McKeegan, D. E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, D. J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Hansell, M. H. (2024) A century of research and teaching in animal behaviour and welfare in the Graham Kerr Building. Glasgow Naturalist, 28(Suppl), pp. 147-149. (doi: 10.37208/tgn28S14)

Edney, A. J. et al. (2023) Best practices for using drones in seabird monitoring and research. Marine Ornithology: Journal of Seabird Research and Conservation, 51(2), pp. 265-280.

Wongsaengchan, Chanakarn, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2023) Body surface temperature of rats reveals both magnitude and sex differences in the acute stress response. Physiology and Behavior, 264, 114138. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114138) (PMID:36871696)

Wongsaengchan, Chanakarn, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Lennox, Katie, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 (2023) Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats. Animal Welfare, 32(e66), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.1017/awf.2023.87)

Olin, Agnes B., Banas, Neil S., Johns, David G., Heath, Michael R., Wright, Peter J. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Spatio-temporal variation in the zooplankton prey of lesser sandeels: species and community trait patterns from the Continuous Plankton Recorder. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79(5), pp. 1649-1661. (doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac101)

O'Hanlon, Nina J., Thaxter, Chris B., Burton, Niall H.K., Grant, Dave, Clark, Nigel A., Clewley, Gary D., Conway, Greg J., Barber, Lee J., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Habitat selection and specialisation of herring gulls during the non-breeding season. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 816881. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.816881)

Moller, A. P. et al. (2020) Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction. Oikos, 129(12), pp. 1807-1819. (doi: 10.1111/oik.07305)

O'Hanlon, Nina J., Alonso, Sarah, Miller, Julie A.O., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Landscape‐mediated variation in diet is associated with egg size and maculation in a generalist forager. Ibis, 162(3), pp. 687-700. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12739)

Thompson, Danielle L., Ovenden, Thomas S., Pennycott, Tom and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) The prevalence and source of plastic incorporated into nests of five seabird species on a small offshore island. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111076. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111076) (PMID:32319907)

Olin, Agnes, Banas, Neil S., Wright, Peter J., Heath, Mike R. and Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Spatial synchrony of breeding success in the blacklegged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla reflects the spatial dynamics of its sandeel prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.3354/meps13252)

Olin, Agnes B., Banas, Neil S., Wright, Peter J., Heath, Michael R. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Spatial synchrony of breeding success in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla reflects the spatial dynamics of its sandeel prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, pp. 177-190. (doi: 10.3354/meps13252)

Pennycott, Tom W., Grant, David, Leopold, Mardik F. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Ragworms and other marine food items in the diet of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus breeding on Lady Isle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Bird Study, 67(3), pp. 402-408. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1869697)

Pennycott, Tom W., Grant, David and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2020) Earthworms in the diet of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus breeding on an off-shore island. Bird Study, 67(1), pp. 131-134. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1743232)

Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Jenni-Eiermann, Susanne, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2019) Eye region surface temperature dynamics during acute stress relate to baseline glucocorticoids independently of environmental conditions. Physiology and Behavior, 210, 112627. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112627) (PMID:31348931) (PMCID:PMC6739691)

Møller, A. P. et al. (2018) Effects of interspecific co-existence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(6), pp. 1738-1748. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12896) (PMID:30101503)

O'Hanlon, Nina and Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Identifying habitat-driven spatial variation in colony size of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus. Bird Study, 65(3), pp. 306-316. (doi: 10.1080/00063657.2018.1518970)

Herborn, Katherine A., Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 (2018) Surface temperature elevated by chronic and intermittent stress. Physiology and Behavior, 191, pp. 47-55. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.04.004) (PMID:29630961) (PMCID:PMC5945995)

Burgess, M. D. et al. (2018) Tritrophic phenological match–mismatch in space and time. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(6), pp. 970-975. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0543-1) (PMID:29686235)

Vieira, Bianca P., Furness, Robert W. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Visual observation to identify sexes in subspecies of adult Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger). Waterbirds, 41(2), pp. 166-170. (doi: 10.1675/063.041.0207)

Jerem, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1527-3859, Jenni-Eiermann, Susanne, Herborn, Katherine, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2018) Eye region surface temperature reflects both energy reserves and circulating glucocorticoids in a wild bird. Scientific Reports, 8, 1907. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20240-4) (PMID:29382942) (PMCID:PMC5789886)

O'Hanlon, Nina J., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574, pp. 193-210. (doi: 10.3354/meps12189)

Vieira, Bianca P., Furness, Robert W. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Using field photography to study avian moult. IBIS, 159(2), pp. 443-448. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12445)

Griffith, S. C. et al. (2017) Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities. Ethology, 123(1), pp. 1-29. (doi: 10.1111/eth.12576)

Sinclair, N.C., Harris, M.P., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Leakey, C.D.B. and Robbins, A.M. (2017) Nocturnal colony attendance by common guillemots Uria aalge at colony in Shetland during the pre-breeding season. Seabird, 30, pp. 51-62.

Hammer, Sjurdur ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-5074, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Alonso, Sarah, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Furness, Robert W. and Dam, Maria (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), pp. 184-190. (doi: 10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x) (PMID:27329112) (PMCID:PMC4942484)

Smith, Shona M., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Costantini, David (2016) Meta-analysis indicates that oxidative stress is both a constraint on and a cost of growth. Ecology and Evolution, 6(9), pp. 2833-2842. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.2080) (PMID:27217942) (PMCID:PMC4863009)

Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and O'Hanlon, Nina J. (2016) Changing numbers of three gull species in the British Isles. Waterbirds, 39(S1), pp. 15-28. (doi: 10.1675/063.039.sp108)

Arnold, Kathryn E., Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450, Gorman, Helen E., Griffiths, Kate J., Adam, Aileen and Nager, Rudolf ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2016) Paternal attractiveness and the effects of differential allocation of parental investment. Animal Behaviour, 113, pp. 69-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.12.013)

Hammer, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-5074, Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Johnson, P.C.D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6663-7520, Furness, R.W. and Provencher, J.F. (2016) Plastic debris in great skua (Stercorarius skua) pellets corresponds to seabird prey species. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 103(1-2), pp. 206-210. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.018) (PMID:26763326)

Laine, V. N. et al. (2016) Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome. Nature Communications, 7, 10474. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms10474) (PMID:26805030) (PMCID:PMC4737754)

Herborn, Katherine A., Graves, James L., Jerem, Paul, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Nager, Ruedi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and McKeegan, Dorothy E.F. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 (2015) Skin temperature reveals the intensity of acute stress. Physiology and Behavior, 152(Pt. A), pp. 225-230. (doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.09.032) (PMID:26434785) (PMCID:PMC4664114)

Jerem, Paul, Herborn, Katherine, McCafferty, Dominic ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, McKeegan, Dorothy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1979-7334 and Nager, Rudolf ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2015) Thermal imaging to study stress non-invasively in unrestrained birds. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 105, e53184. (doi: 10.3791/53184) (PMID:26575985) (PMCID:PMC4692699)

Nord, Andreas, Lehmann, Marina, MacLeod, Ross, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Nilsson, Jan-Åke and Helm, Barbara (2015) Evaluation of two methods for minimally invasive peripheral body temperature measurement in birds. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(3), pp. 417-427. (doi: 10.1111/jav.00845)

Pooley, Emma L., Kennedy, Malcolm G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-5264 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2014) Maternal inbreeding reduces parental care in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. Animal Behaviour, 97, pp. 153-163. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.09.012)

Møller, A. P. et al. (2014) Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecology and Evolution, 4(18), pp. 3583-3595. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.1189)

Smith, Victoria R., Vink, Cor J., Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Ross, James and Paterson, Adrian M. (2014) Abundance of Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871 is affected by vegetation type and season. Journal of Insect Conservation, 18(3), pp. 397-405. (doi: 10.1007/s10841-014-9648-2)

Hill, Davina L., Lindstrom, Jan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, McCafferty, Dominic J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-3326 and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2014) Female but not male zebra finches adjust heat output in response to increased incubation demand. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(8), pp. 1326-1332. (doi: 10.1242/jeb.095323) (PMID:24363422)

Møller, A.P. et al. (2014) Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5(4), pp. 353-362. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12160)

Rehling, A., Spiller, I., Krause, E.T., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Trillmich, F. (2012) Flexibility in the duration of parental care: zebra finch parents respond to offspring needs. Animal Behaviour, 83(1), pp. 35-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.10.003)

Vallarino, A., Evans, N. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, Daunt, F., Wanless, S. and Nager, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2012) Egg components vary independently of each other in the facultative siblicidal Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Journal of Ornithology, 153(2), pp. 513-523. (doi: 10.1007/s10336-011-0772-4)

D’Alba, L., Spencer, K.A., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2011) State dependent effects of elevated hormone: Nest site quality, corticosterone levels and reproductive performance in the common eider. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 172(2), pp. 218-224. (doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.006)

Hill, D.L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-6192, Lindstrom, J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680 and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2011) Carry-over effects of male extra-pair copulation opportunity on biparental effort in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(11), pp. 2049-2059. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-011-1214-2)

Verboven, Nanette, Monaghan, Pat, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222 (2010) The effect of maternal state on the steroid and macronutrient content of lesser black-backed gull eggs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83(6), pp. 1009-1022. (doi: 10.1086/656568) (PMID:20977361)

Kim, M., Furness, R.W. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2010) Hatching asynchrony is constrained by parental nest attendance during laying. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64(7), pp. 1087-1097. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-0923-2)

Webb, L., Beaumont, D.J., Nager, R.G. and McCracken, D.I. (2010) Field-scale dispersal of Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in response to avermectin treatments on pastured cattle. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100(2), pp. 175-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485309006981)

D'Alba, L., Monaghan, P. and Nager, R.G. (2010) Advances in laying date and increasing population size suggest positive responses to climate change in Common Eiders Somateria mollissima in Iceland. IBIS, 152(1), pp. 19-28. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00978.x)

Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Hafner, H., Johnson, A.R. and Cézilly, F. (2010) Environmental Impacts on Wetland Birds: Long-Term Monitoring Programmes in the Camargue, France. Ardea, 98(3), pp. 309-318. (doi: 10.5253/078.098.0305)

Webb, L., Beaumont, D.J., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McCracken, D.I. (2010) Field-scale dispersal of Aphodius dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in response to avermectin treatments on pastured cattle. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 100(02), pp. 175-183. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485309006981)

D'Alba, L., Monaghan, P. and Nager, R.G. (2009) Thermal benefits of nest shelter for incubating female eiders. Journal of Thermal Biology, 34(2), pp. 93-99. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.11.005)

Houston, D.C. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2009) Archaeology among the bird droppings: what does it tell us about raptor nest-site selection? IBIS, 151(3), pp. 592-593. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00940.x)

Bogdanova, M.I. and Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2008) Sex-specific costs of hatching last: an experimental study on herring gulls (Larus argentatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(10), pp. 1533-1541. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-008-0582-8)

Ewing, S.R., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Nicoll, M.A.C., Aumjaud, A., Jones, C.G. and Keller, L.F. (2008) Inbreeding and loss of genetic variation in a reintroduced population of mauritius kestrel. Conservation Biology, 22(2), pp. 395-404. (doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00884.x) (PMID:18294297)

Bogdanova, MI, Nager, RG and Monaghan, P (2007) Age of the incubating parents affects nestling survival: an experimental study of the herring gull Larus argentatus. Journal of Avian Biology, 38, pp. 83-93. (doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.03601.x)

Webb, L, Beaumont, DJ, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and McCracken, DI (2007) Effects of avermectin residues in cattle dung on yellow dung fly Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera : Scathophagidae) populations in grazed pastures. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 97, pp. 129-138. (doi: 10.1017/S0007485307004683)

Bogdanova, MI, Nager, RG and Monaghan, P (2006) Does parental age affect offspring performance through differences in egg quality? Functional Ecology, 20, pp. 132-141. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01088.x)

Fisher, M.O., Nager, R.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 and Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2006) Compensatory growth impairs adult cognitive performance. PLoS Biology, 4(8), e251. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040251)

Muck, C and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2006) The effect of laying and hatching order on the timing and asynchrony of hatching. Animal Behaviour, 71, pp. 885-892. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.07.020)

Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2006) The challenges of making eggs. Ardea, 94, pp. 323-346.

Verboven, Nanette, Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222, D'Alba, Liliana, Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Blount, Jonathan D., Surai, Peter F. and Monaghan, Pat ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 (2005) Intra-specific interactions influence egg composition in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57(4), pp. 357-365. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-004-0862-x)

Gorman, HE, Arnold, KE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2005) Incubation effort in relation to male attractiveness in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Journal of Avian Biology, 36, pp. 413-420.

Gorman, HE, Orr, KJ, Adam, A and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2005) Effects of incubation conditions and offspring sex on embryonic development and survival in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Auk, 122, pp. 1239-1248.

Rutstein, AN, Gorman, HE, Arnold, KE, Gilbert, Lucy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-8450, Orr, KJ, Adam, A, Nager, R and Graves, JA (2005) Sex allocation in response to paternal attractiveness in the zebra finch. Behavioral Ecology, 16, pp. 763-769. (doi: 10.1093/beheco/ari052)

Gorman, HE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2004) Prenatal developmental conditions have long-term effects on offspring fecundity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 1923-1928. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2799)

Naef-Daenzer, L, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Keller, LF and Naef-Daenzer, B (2004) Are hatching delays a cost or a benefit for Great Tit Parus major parents? Ardea, 92, pp. 229-237.

Genovart, M, Oro, D, Ruiz, X, Griffiths, R, Monaghan, P and Nager, RG (2003) Seasonal changes in brood sex composition in Audouin's Gulls. Condor, 105, pp. 783-790.

Gorman, HE and Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2003) State-dependent incubation behaviour in the zebra finch. Animal Behaviour, 65, pp. 745-754.

Verboven, N, Monaghan, P, Evans, DM, Schwabl, H, Evans, N, Whitelaw, C and Nager, RG (2003) Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 270, pp. 2223-2232. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2496) (PMID:14613608) (PMCID:PMC1691499)

Blount, JD, Surai, PF, Nager, RG ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724, Houston, DC, Moller, AP, Trewby, ML and Kennedy, MW ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0970-5264 (2002) Carotenoids and egg quality in the lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus: a supplemental feeding study of maternal effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 269, pp. 29-36. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1840)

Jones, KM, Monaghan, P and Nager, RG (2001) Male mate choice and female fecundity in zebra finches. Animal Behaviour, 62, pp. 1021-1026. (doi: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1843)

Kalmbach, E, Nager, RG, Griffiths, R and Furness, RW (2001) Increased reproductive effort results in male-biased offspring sex ratio: an experimental study in a species with reversed sexual size dimorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 268, pp. 2175-2179.

Nager, RG, Monaghan, P and Houston, DC (2001) The cost of egg production: increased egg production reduces future fitness in gulls. Journal of Avian Biology, 32, pp. 159-166. (doi: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2001.320209.x)

Monaghan, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-0326 and Nager, R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (1997) Optimizing clutch size in birds: reply from P. Monaghan and R. Nager. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12(11), pp. 443-444. (doi: 10.1016/s0169-5347(97)85748-5) (PMID:21238148)

Book Sections

Pais de Faria, Joana, Lopes, Catarina S., Kroc, Edward, Blight, Louise K. and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2022) Urban gulls living with humans. In: Ramos, Jaime A. and Pereira, Leonel (eds.) Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities. Series: Aquatic sciences, 1. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida, United States, pp. 90-105. ISBN 9780367498276

O'Hanlon, Nina and Nager, Ruedi G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1129-5724 (2017) Herring gulls. In: Choe, Jae Chun (ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior [2nd ed.]. Elsevier, pp. 90-99. ISBN 9780128132524 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.01202-4)

Research Reports or Papers

Woolfendon, C. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. Other. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295312).

Fowler, E. et al. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295313).

Conference Proceedings

French, F. et al. (2024) Empowering Animals Through Technology: Enhancing Animal Agency in the Sound Environment. In: International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI 2024), Glasgow, UK, 2-5 December 2024, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9798400711756 (doi: 10.1145/3702336.3702354)

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • SMEEF Floating Estuarine Garden Project
    NatureScot
    2022 - 2023
     
  • IBIS (SCENE 2)
    Dee District Salmon Fishery Board
    2016 - 2017
     
  • IBIS (SCENE 2)
    Scottish Natural Heritage
    2015 - 2015
     
  • Integrating Macroecology and Modelling to Elucidate Regulation of Services from Ecosystems -IMMERSE
    Natural Environment Research Council
    2014 - 2018
     
  • Environmental research for a changing world
    Wellcome Trust
    2014 - 2014
     
  • Thermography as a tool for the assessment of stress and affective states in an avian model
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2013 - 2016
     
  • IBIS (SCENE 2)
    European Commission
    2011 - 2015
     
  • Instrumentation for measuring environment circumstances and parental sstate in birds
    Natural Environment Research Council
    2004 - 2007
     
  • Sex differences in post-natal vulnerability to poor embryonic conditions
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2002 - 2005
     

Supervision

Research datasets

Jump to: 2023
Number of items: 1.

2023

Grecian, J. and Nager, R. (2023) British Seabird Prey Database. [Data Collection]

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Additional information

Editorial Board

  • 2010 - present: Journal of Avian Biology - Scientific editorial board
  • 2009 - present: Ibis - Editor
  • 2008 - present: Avian Biology Research - Editorial Advisory Board
  • 2007 - 2009: Animal Behaviour - Consulting Editor
  • 2006 - 2009: Ibis - Associate Editor

Grant Advisory Board

  • 2011 - present: Basler Stiftung für biologische Forschung - Trustee – chair person
  • 2006 - 2010: NERC - College

Invited International Presentations

  • 2013: Willhelmshafen, Germany - Invited presentation at Waterbird Society Meeting
  • 2012: Lund, Sweden - Workshop on body temperature responses to environment; developing methods and research directions
  • 2011: Krakow, Poland - Behavioural and evolutionary ecology of zebra finches symposium
  • 2009: Birmingham, UK - Invited seminar, University of Birmingham
  • 2008: Bath, UK - Invited seminar, University of Bath
  • 2007: Lund, Sweden - Invited seminar, University of Lund
  • 2006: Bristol, UK - Invited seminar, University of Bristol
  • 2005: Seattle, USA - Invited speaker at the NSF/NSERC/ESF Workshop - Maternal Effects, 'Early Environmental Conditions and Effects on Offspring Phonotype'
  • 2004: Bern, Switzerland - Institute of Biology, University of Bern, Invited Speaker
  • 2004: Kalo, Danemark - Invited talk at ESF workshop 'Travelling to Breed'
  • 2002: Beijing, China - Co-organiser and invited symposium talk at 23rd International Ornithological Congress
  • 2001: Heteren, The Netherlands - Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Invited Speaker
  • 2001: Seewiesen, Germany - Manx Plank Institute, Invited Speaker

Professional Learned Society

  • 2000 - present: Ecological Society of America - Member
  • 1996 - present: Colonial Waterbird Society - Member
  • 1990 - present: European Society for Evolutionary Biology - Member
  • 1990 - present: British Ecological Society - Member
  • 1989 - present: Netherlands Ornithologische Unie - Member
  • 1988 - present: British Ornithologists Union - Member

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